Ruth Braunstein is an associate professor of sociology at the University of Connecticut and the director of the Meanings of Democracy Lab.
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Fr. Dave Mercer is a retired priest of the Diocese of San Jose, California, and formerly served at St. Joseph Apache Mission in Mescalero, New Mexico.